| Wielen | |
|---|---|
  Wielen Location of Wielen within Grafschaft Bentheim district   | |
| Coordinates: 52°33′N6°43′E / 52.550°N 6.717°E Coordinates: 52°33′N6°43′E / 52.550°N 6.717°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Grafschaft Bentheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Uelsen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gerold Stroeve |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.06 km2 (8.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2015-12-31) [1] | |
| • Total | 543 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 49847 |
| Dialling codes | 0 59 48 |
| Vehicle registration | NOH |
| Website | www.uelsen.de/samtgem/ fwielen.HTML |
Wielen is a small village in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Uelsen. Wielen has 614 inhabitants. Within the village is found the Lower County’s oldest maintained school, het Schöltien.
Lower Saxony is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with 47,624 km2 (18,388 sq mi), and fourth-largest in population among the 16 Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps, Lake Constance and the High Rhine to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.
Uelsen is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony.
